John Kerry practices soccer skills during meeting with Afghan women

Secretary of State John Kerry heads an Afghan-made soccer ball towards the captain of Afghanistan's women's national soccer team, Zahra Mahmoodi, as he meets with the women-owned company that makes the ball, and other Afghan women entrepreneurs at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul on March 26, 2013.

Zahra Mahmoodi, captain of the Afghan women's national soccer team, asked Kerry for help to build a dedicated stadium where women and girls could play soccer.

Speaking to Reuters afterwards, she said she was particularly worried about a return of the Taliban after 2014.

"Yes, I am worried about that but I don't want to think about it," she said with a nervous laugh. "If the Taliban come back there will be no human rights and I think that it will be even worse than the past." Read the full story.

Secretary of State John Kerry was wrapping up a trip to Afghanistan to repair relations with the U.S. when he met with a businesswoman who made soccer balls and showed off a few of his own skills.